Visiongain's latest management research "Managed Services in LTE Era Report 2011-2016" examines the market for managed services, with particular reference to the Long Term Evolution (LTE) boom. This brand new report provides forecasts for managed services growth, market sizing and analysis of MSP (Managed Services Providers) prospects in the key geographical markets for the period 2011-2016.

The LTE market is a high growth category in the mobile industry and revenues over the forecast period will grow rapidly to $68 billion in 2016. In order to capitalise, infrastructure vendors are offering tailored managed services alongside their LTE product portfolio. Each tier 1 vendor is striving to gain an early movers advantage with LTE managed services.

In 2011, the managed services contracts continue to grow in size, tenure and value. New contracts are having a transformative affect on the wireless value chain in general and operators in particular. The managed services market was around $55 billion in 2010, we believe the market is poised to reach $86 billion by 2016.

This report describes the managed services strategies for MNOs who are planning to deploy LTE. In LTE environment, MNOs need to adopt a lean business model and overcome organisational limitations. This will help MNOs to reduce the payback period and maximise profits while remaining competitive.

Operators across the globe are embracing managed services particularly in the EMEA region, Asia Pacific and the Emerging markets of India and China. However, many US carriers view networks as a source of competitive advantage and do not want to embark on managed services strategy. Visiongain believes that these carriers will continue to manage the networks in-house until 2013, with LTE deployment providing the necessary cost saving needed to increase the EBITDA levels. We discuss these opinions and analyse their suitability, feasibility and acceptability.

Visiongain believes a properly structured and executed managed service for LTE networks will deliver between 10% and 20% OpEx savings, which in certain cases can have a real effect of increasing EBITDA by 8%.

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Executive Summary
E1. Managed Services are shaping the Wireless Value Chain
E2. The Dawn of the LTE Boom
E3. MSPs (Managed Service Providers) are transforming themselves to address the LTE Challenges
E4.Mobile Operators are Embracing New Business Models that offer OpEx Saving Opportunities
E5.Combined LTE and Managed Services Strategy can further bring down Cost per mega bit
E6.Managed Services will be at the Centre of LTE Business Models
E7.Survival of the Fittest in the Fast Growing Managed Services Market
E8.Highlights of the Report

7. Conclusion and Recommendations
7.1 Need to Adopt Lean Business Model
7.2 Challenges facing Managed Services Vendors
7.2.1 Recommendations for Managed Service Providers
7.3 Some Questions to be considered by MNOs
7.3.1 What is the Difference between Outsourcing and Managed Services?
7.3.2 How do Managed Services affect Operator's Position on the Wireless Value Chain?
7.3.3 Why are Vendors' Pushing for Managed Services?
7.3.4 Why is operators' core competence changing?
7.3.5 Is Managed Services a good Strategy in all Markets?
7.3.6 Why it is better to take Holistic approach to Managed Services?
7.3.7 Why Hosted solution is a Better Option for Some Operators?
7.3.8 How do Managed Service Providers Deliver Savings, while maintaining the Quality?
7.3.9 Why Managed Application Solution is the best way going forward?7.3.10 Is there a difference between Managed Services and Hosting?7.3.11 Why Managed Data Services are becoming Critical to MNO Existence?7.3.12 Why MNOs need to Embrace Managed Services when LTE already offers Lower Cost per Mega Bit?7.3.13 Can Managed Services help Operators to run their Legacy Networks?7.3.14 What is End-to-End Managed Services Proposition?7.3.15 What is the importance of SLA and KPIs in a Managed Services Contracts?7.3.16 Which MSPs will emerge as Winners in LTE Managed Services Market?

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